Crytek's Game "Crysis" showing off what a DX10 enable game can do!
MORE Technical stuff on Direct X 10:
Here!
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Here!
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Tod69 Talamasca
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03-16-2006 16:02
If these links still work that is. I had to dig 'em up from some old posts from another site:
Crytek's Game "Crysis" showing off what a DX10 enable game can do! MORE Technical stuff on Direct X 10: Here! and Here! **EDIT** Links Fixed!!! _____________________
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Ghoti Nyak
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03-16-2006 16:42
Tod! Fix yer URLs
 Take the first http:// off. Its automatically appended by the forums code, and breaks the links if you add your own http:// (or dont remove the one that's autowritten in the box). -Ghoti _____________________
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Reitsuki Kojima
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03-16-2006 16:43
Yes, and for those of us who AREN'T rich, what's this going to cost us?  _____________________
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03-16-2006 16:48
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03-16-2006 16:48
Yes, and for those of us who AREN'T rich, what's this going to cost us? a republican who is poor? and gay? are you black as well? on death row? Pornographer? Seriously, how can you be a republican? _____________________
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Neehai Zapata
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03-16-2006 16:48
a republican who is poor? and gay? are you black as well? on death row? Pornographer? Seriously, how can you be a republican? Get your own fucking thread. _____________________
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Tod69 Talamasca
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03-16-2006 19:12
Yes, and for those of us who AREN'T rich, what's this going to cost us? An upgrade to Windows Vista. And for full DX10 benefits, all new video cards. So yea, it's gonna hurt. But wouldnt it be nice to see SL look like that video?? _____________________
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Teeny Leviathan
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03-16-2006 19:42
I'm no computer scientist, but the full benefits of DX10 require a DX10 capable video card. At this point, I am unaware of such a card in retail channels yet. Maybe we should be drooling and/or green with envy in about 6 months.
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Reitsuki Kojima
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03-17-2006 03:20
An upgrade to Windows Vista. And for full DX10 benefits, all new video cards. So yea, it's gonna hurt. But wouldnt it be nice to see SL look like that video?? Well Vista is inevitable. Tis the video card (and the acompanying motherboard replacement, because my motherboard doesnt support PCIExpress) that troubles me. _____________________
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Panther Farber
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03-17-2006 07:40
An upgrade to Windows Vista. And for full DX10 benefits, all new video cards. So yea, it's gonna hurt. But wouldnt it be nice to see SL look like that video?? I think SL uses OpenGL. So I bet I can predict exactly what it will look like: the same it does now. In Windows Vista it will probably look worse and have half the framerate because vista layers opengl on top of direct x so its really directx acting like opengl. sounds like an emulator to me. every emulator i have ever used has been crap. _____________________
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Tod69 Talamasca
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03-18-2006 04:50
Well Vista is inevitable. Tis the video card (and the acompanying motherboard replacement, because my motherboard doesnt support PCIExpress) that troubles me. I'll hold out on getting Vista as long as possible. Give it a year or two & see what happens. If all else fails, I'll go back to Linux. _____________________
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Reitsuki Kojima
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03-18-2006 05:20
I'll hold out on getting Vista as long as possible. Give it a year or two & see what happens. If all else fails, I'll go back to Linux. Some of us don't have a second operating system to retreat to. _____________________
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Christopher Omega
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03-18-2006 21:08
I think SL uses OpenGL. So I bet I can predict exactly what it will look like: the same it does now. In Windows Vista it will probably look worse and have half the framerate because vista layers opengl on top of direct x so its really directx acting like opengl. sounds like an emulator to me. every emulator i have ever used has been crap. More then likely theyre just wrapping DirectX in an OpenGL interface, which shouldn't (in theory) produce a significant decline in performance. Windows->Mac emulation (on the other hand) is a nightmare, because each processor instruction has to be reordered, resulting in MASSIVE slowdowns, so I understand where you're coming from. Its Microsoft though, so its good to distrust what they do with this by default. ==Chris _____________________
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Tod69 Talamasca
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03-21-2006 18:42
Yep! Even more detailed DirectX 10 stuff. FINALLY! They're trying to get rid of the GPU/CPU bottleneck!! Course ya know this'll mean new video cards all around? But from the sounds of it we'll need it.
Details On DirectX 10 And yea, SL uses OpenGL. _____________________
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